新概念英語第二冊詳解第63課:She was not amused

Lesson 63 She was not amused她并不覺得好笑

First listen and then answer the question.

聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。

Why did Jenny want to leave the wedding reception?

Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties. Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour -- everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny. Recently, one of Jeremy's closest friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception. This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves. He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny. he had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success. As soon as he had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said she hadn't. Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!

New words and expressions 生詞和短語

circle n. 圈子

admire v. 贊美，欽佩

close adj. 親密的

wedding n. 婚禮

reception n. 招待會

sort n. 種類

參考譯文

杰里米.漢普登交際甚廣，是各種聚會上深受大家歡迎的人。人人都欽佩他那絕妙的幽默感 -- 人人，就是說，除他6歲的女兒珍妮之外的每一個人。最近，杰里米的一個最親密的朋友請他在一個婚禮上祝詞。這正是杰里米喜歡做的事情。他認真準備了講稿，帶著珍妮一道去參加了婚禮。他的祝詞里面加進了大量逗人的故事，自然大獲成功。他剛一講完，珍妮就對他說她要回家。這不免使杰里米有點掃興，但他還是按照女兒的要求做了。在回家的路上，他問珍妮是否喜歡他的祝詞。使他吃驚的是，她說她不喜歡。杰里米問他為何不喜歡，她說她不愿意看到那么多的人嘲笑他!

自學導讀

Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties.杰里米·漢普登交際甚廣，是各種聚會上深受大家歡迎的人。

(1)circle的含義之一是“(具有共同利益或興趣等的人形成的)圈子”、“……界”：

Such things are never talked about in businese circles.

商業(yè)界的人士從來不談論這種事。

Jeremy used to have a large circle of friends, but now he likes being alone.

杰里米以前交游甚廣，但現(xiàn)在他喜歡獨處。

(2)popular在這里表示“受歡迎的”、“得人心的”：

She is now a popular actress.

她現(xiàn)在是個走紅的演員。

Mary is always popular with/among children.

瑪麗總是很受孩子們的歡迎。

2.his great sense of humour,他那絕妙的幽默感。

humour可以指“幽默”、“幽默感”，sense of humour指“幽默感”：

He has a good/great sense of humour.

他很有幽默感。

George has no sense of humour.

喬治沒有幽默感。

He is a man without humour.

他是個沒有幽默感的人。

3.…everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny.

……人人，就是說，除他6歲的女兒珍妮之外的每一個人。

(1)that is為插入語，表示“那就是說”、“亦即”，用于補充說明everybody。

He is coming home next Monday, that is, April 5th.

他將于下星期一也就是4月5號到家。

He is coming home next Monday, that is, if he does not change his plan.

他將于下星期一到家，就是說，如果他不改變計劃的話。

(2)Jenny為his…daughter的同位語。

(3)數(shù)詞加名詞構(gòu)成復合形容詞可以用于表示年齡、時間、度量等，名詞通常用單數(shù)：

a twenty-year-old man 一位20歲的男子

a four-hour meeting 歷時4小時的會議

a six-foot hole 一個6英尺深的洞(也可以說a hole six feet deep,這時foot用復數(shù))

a three-hour journey 一次3小時的旅程

4.This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves.這正是杰里米喜歡做的事情。

sort表示“種類”、“類型”，常與of連用：

There are all sorts of flowers in his garden.

他家花園里有各種各樣的花。

You mustn't mix with that sort of people.

你不得與那種人交往。

5.…he did as his daughter asked.……他還是按照女兒的要求做了。

as引導的是方式狀語從句，其含義為“如同……那樣”、“以……的方式”：

This fish isn't cooked as I like it.

這條魚不是按我喜歡的那樣做的。

6.to his surprise,令他吃驚的是。

to sb's surprise是固定短語：

To my surprise, they can't sell their flat.

使我驚訝的是，他們的那套房子居然賣不出去。

7.Jeremy asked her why this was so…杰里米問她為何不喜歡……

this was so代指前面提到的情況，即she hadn't enjoyed the speech, this指“上述之事”，so表示“如此的”。

語法 Grammar in use

間接引語：祈使句的轉(zhuǎn)述

(1)在第15課與第39課的語法中，我們分別學習了陳述句和疑問句變?yōu)殚g接引語的情況，它們基本上都是引述詞(say, tell 等)+(間接賓語)+從句：

He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries.

他告訴我，公司支付不起這么龐大的工資開支。(間接陳述句)

He asked if Mr. Gilbert's operation had been successful.

他問吉爾伯特先生的手術(shù)是否成功。(間接疑問句)

(2)祈使句的情況有所不同。表示命令、請求、建議的祈使句通?？捎眠m當?shù)膭釉~后跟不定式來轉(zhuǎn)述。常用的這類動詞有

advise, ask, tell, order, command, warn, invite等，這些動詞后往往有間接賓語：

轉(zhuǎn)述這類祈使句的否定形式時，必須將not放在帶to的不定式之前：

I advise you not to buy her anything.

我建議你別給她買任何東西。

(3)動詞suggest和insist用于轉(zhuǎn)述建議、要求時，其結(jié)構(gòu)為suggest/insist+that從句(用should)：

詞匯學習 Word study

1.admire vt.

(1)欽佩，贊賞：

Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour.

大家都欽佩他那絕妙的幽默感。

I admire his music more than anyone else's.

比起其他人的音樂來我更贊賞他的。(表示喜好，不可用進行時)

(2)欣賞，觀賞：

Frank is admiring your garden.

弗蘭克正在欣賞你家的花園。

While admiring the new building, I heard someone calling my name.

正當我在觀賞那座新建筑時，我聽到有人叫我的名字。

(3)(口語)夸獎，稱贊：

Don't forget to admire her new dress.

別忘了贊美她的新衣服。

She likes to hear her children admired.

她喜歡聽到她的孩子們受到夸獎。

2.laugh vi.

(1)(大)笑：

You're very kind to laugh when I tell a funny story.

我很感激你在我講一個逗人的故事時發(fā)笑。

Everybody laughed out loud when he said that.

他說那話時大家都放聲大笑。

(2)嘲笑(介詞用at)：

If you go round saying things like that, everyone will laugh at you.

如果你到處說那種話，所有的人都會嘲笑你的。

She did not like to see so many people laughing at him.

她不愿意看到那么多人嘲笑他。

如果 laugh at后面跟的是物，則表示“因……而發(fā)笑”：

You're very kind to laugh at my funny stories.

我很感激你因我講的逗人的故事而發(fā)笑。

練習答案 Key to written exercises

1.關(guān)鍵句型練習答案

A 1‘I want to go home,’Jenny told him.

2‘Did you enjoy the speech, Jenny?’Jeremy asked.

3‘No，’ she said.

4‘Why didn't you enjoy it?’Jeremy asked.

5‘I don't like to see so many people laughing at you,’she told him.

C 1 He told me to keep quiet.

2 He suggested that I should send him a fax.

3 He told me not to worry about it.

4 He insisted that I should ask him about it.

D 1 I wonder if he can wait a few minutes longer.

2 I wonder when he will arrive.

3 I wonder if he has passed his examination.

4 I wonder where he is.

5 I wonder why she didn't telephone.

6 I wonder when we shall see him again.

7 I wonder if she caught the wrong bus.

8 I wonder if you could spare me a moment.

2.多項選擇題答案

1 d 2 b 3 a 4 a 5 b 6 d

7 d 8 a 9 c 10 d 11 c 12 a

【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語

★circle　n. 圈子

★admire　v. 贊美，欽佩

admire sb.for sth.因為...羨慕某人

I admire him for his richness/house/clever daughter.

★close　adj. 親密的

close friend

★wedding　n. 婚禮

my best friend's

★reception　n. 招待會

=party

wedding reception 婚宴

news conference 新聞發(fā)布會，記者招待會

★sort　n. 種類

type 種類，有特殊特征的

一般情況都用　kind,sort

習慣用sort 的時候：1.那種人　that sort of person

2.sort 可含有諷刺意味

That's the sort of thing you like best.

【課文講解】

1. have a large circle of friends 有一個很大的朋友圈子，交際很廣

=sb.has/have a lot of friends

2.that is 一旦插在句子當中，是作為固定結(jié)構(gòu)，意思是那就是說

3.prepare sth:　prepare 后面跟內(nèi)容有關(guān)系

prepare for sth.　后面不一定跟內(nèi)容有關(guān)系

speech 發(fā)言

I am preparing a speech

4.as 從句：正如，方式狀語從句

a little 稍微，有一點

be disappointed by 因為某事感到失望

do as you are told 正如你被告知的去做

5.why this was so

this 可以作主語，也可以作賓語

so 只能作賓語，只能放在動詞后面

I think so

I hope so.

i guess so.

do so

I expect so.

like to do 某一次

like doing 習慣

see sb.doing 看見某人正在做某事

so many people

跟數(shù)字相連的前面一點要用so

the sort of. the kind of 的后面加單數(shù)

include 包含，把里面內(nèi)容的一部分挑出來說

contain 強調(diào)容器里的包含，后面一定要把所有的東西都列舉出來

It was a great success.

【Multiple choice questions】

Structure

No.4

except for = apart from

Apart from a few words,I do not know any French at all.

No.7

a little 少量，少許

little 幾乎沒有

與形容詞或副詞連用時，用a little,

與名詞連用時，用a little,little 都可

何時用a little,何時用little,是由說話人的態(tài)度區(qū)分

I have little time.

I have a little time.

Somehow I fell in the hole.

somewhat = a little

Vocabulary

No.8

think of　考慮

think highly of 高度贊揚

A

【Summary writing】

No.1

Jeremy Hampden is greatly admired for his great sense of humour.

He was invited to make a speech at a wedding reception.

he immediately agreed to do so.

When Jeremy Harmpden was invited to make a speech at a wedding reception who is greatly admired for his great sense of humour,he immediately agreed to do so.

或：when Jeremy Hampden,who is greatly admired for his great sense of humour,was invited to make a speech at a wedding reception,he immediately agreed to do so

在不使句子產(chǎn)生歧義的前提下，定語從句可放在其所修飾的整個句子的后邊

The brother,who was standing near the house,wanted to go swimming.

The brother wanted to go swimming who was standing near the house.

The brother,who was standing near the house,wanted to talk with

the girl.

THe brother wanted to talk with the girl who was standing near the house.有歧義